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Hi, I have this HP Compaq sg 3210, which is plenty good enough for my needs. BUT recently it's started to play up THE FIRST TIME I TURN IT ON in the morning: IE in particular, is really slow, and often tells me it's 'Not Responding', and even when it does get going, it's really really slow...

Hi, Had this new wall built along the front of our house/pavement. Lovely job, but a few weeks later the salts are seeping out and completely spoiling it. I phoned the builder, and also looked online for a solution. Both said, scrub, hose, detergent wash, hose... Well I did that very...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help with this? I'm asking on behalf of an elderly friend who is not very computer literate, and I can only help by phone and email as she recently moved away. Here's the problem: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p010187l If you follow this link it takes you to the...

Unfortunately I've lived in Wales now for over 20 years, and I still haven't sussed out how you actually get someone to even give you an estimate, let alone actually come and do a job. I wanted to extend my garage; 4 builders contacted. Only one turned up to price it. He got the job. Central...

Hi, I wonder if anyone has the answer to this? I've just bought this Hitachi recorder, and it's excellent apart from one problem. It's got low power standby (1 watt!) which is great, but at 3am it switches on to receive series link update info (the book says), BUT it doesn't switch off and go...

Hi, Can anyone please help? I've been running AVG Free a/v for a couple of years, and it's been excellent, but since I've had to download the latest version, 2011, it doesn't update anymore. I get a message saying 'General Error'. I've checked their website and FAQs, but no joy, and I see...

Hi, I've just built this ornamental well in the garden, using some sort of rustic looking bricks. I didn't have the mortar too wet, but now I've got this white staining of the faces of the bricks. When they're dry. Can I get rid of this? I've heard of brick acid, will that do it? The well is...

Hi, I have an overhead power supply coming into the front of my house, with meter and fuse box etc in the hall. Because I want to put on a porch, the main supply has to be moved and Western Power will put the meter (and an isolating switch) into an outside box. So now I need the meter connected...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me with this? I'm trying to 'play' photos on this machine, from a CD Data Disc. It works okay, singly or slide show, except that of the 150 photos I've put on the disc, it only plays the first 40 of them. They are on the disc; I put them there myself, and I can...

Hi, I have this rather ancient gravity/pumped CH system, using a Baxi Bermuda LFE5 Super back boiler operated through a room stat. No stat on the (indirect) HW tank. Question: The CH works, but doesn't heat the water in the tank at the same time. Can anyone please explain why? The controller...

Hi, My central heating system has a Baxi Bermuda LFE5 Super back boiler, 10 rads. Gravity hot water, pumped heat. When we moved in there were no thermostats, (only the boiler stat). I put in a room stat 3 yrs ago, and it all works ok except that the boiler seems to spend a lot of time cutting...

Hi, I bought this little van about 6 weeks ago; it's in good nick, nice clean engine, motors along beautifully, but I'm sure there's something not right when it comes to starting, especially from cold. Frosty morning cold. I consulted my local garage who said it was probably the heaters, so I...

Hi, Can anyone help me with this? I can record video (.avi) on my camera, and I can transfer this video to DVD through phono leads or scart to my DVD Recorder. And I can save them to my pc through USB. No problem there. However, having edited those files on the pc, (they are still .avi), how...

Hi, I have this Pierburg carburettor assy, almost new, and I wondered if anyone can identify it for me? It has OPEL and 2E on it, and stamped on it are the numbers: 901 07515 5255 Any help would be appreciated.

(This quote from the National Energy Foundation) http://www.nef.org.uk/energyadvice/heatingcontrols.htm Hi. Is there an electrician out there who can tell me how to wire this 'interlock' as I have this 'dry-cycling' problem, which is very irritating as well as being a waste of gas. I have a...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me with this please. This is a system with a Baxi Bermuda Back boiler. The heating is pumped, the hot water gravity. There is a room stat and a Drayton Tempus programmer. No tank stat; water temperature controlled by the boiler stat. The system works okay...